Summary and Itinerary of My Taiwan Trip with my Senior citizens parents : Taipei, Taichung and Shinshe

The itinerary is a bit boring for the young people. However, this is to catered to my simple and elderly parents. Comfort and stress free trip is the key thing and also have to bring them to where they like to go. Cafe hopping and Wufenpo was out. :(

Taipei

Check in at our hotel. Just above the station.

New and good location.

dongmen hotel

It is a food street near our hotel with lots of convenience stores.

We made 2 trips here but there is too much food to eat.

More information on Yongkang STreet 

 永康街

blog post on Dongmen market

Lots of food to eat and just beside my hotel

Raohe and shida night market

師大夜市 饒河街觀光夜市

One is for the young, one is the food.

Daan Park 大安森林公園

Massage and Karaoke 按一個讚舒壓按摩棧

Taichung

Shinshe minsu 馨舍民宿

Shinse xinshe sea of flowers 臺中國際 新社花毯節 新社花海節

blogspot on Shinshe fruit and flower farm

新社古堡 shinshe xinshe castle lavendar cottage 薰衣草森林 and food!!

Paper Carton King Yam balls

our very cool hotel with a slide

 fengchia night market

Yizhong street 一中商圈

random places in Taichung

taiwan free and easy : Taichung : random places for elderly

2nd day at Taichung.

We were up early but following any tours because we have to check out around 11am.

My parents are also more interested in local life

We went to a market near our place, 第二市場.

Too bad, We went too early and we just had breakfast in the hotel. There seems to be a lot of good food here.

For example, 林記古早味

Will suggest googling about 第二市場, lots of information but mainly in Chinese.

It is a good place to visit when is too early to go any night market and you want to have a good local taiwanese meal.

The place is quite clean even though is market. No worries.

阿明師老店太陽堂 website

One of the famous 太陽餅 shop, recommend by my shinshe taxi driver. 

Service there was good. No hard selling or pushy sales assistant. 

太陽餅 was not too sweet and yummy

They have 4 branches in Taichung, think they do delivery to Taipei too.

The pastries cant be kept for too long. So don't buy too much.

I walked to the shop at Minzu Road as it is only 5-10 minutes away from my hotel.

We took any bus to another market to suit my parents' interest. I will not really recommend this market as it is a bit messy. Especially if you are particular about hygience and worried about avian flu and etc. They sell fresh meat and etc.

yes, we went to a park again.

My parents' interest. The most important thing about planning the trip for my elderly parents is to go wherever that interest them.

Chungshan park (臺中公園 臺中公園)

This park is not very big. There are historical sites around. It is more than 100 years, and one of the main scenic spot of Taiwan.

Not really a young people activities but is quite a good place away from the crowd and there are some good sites for phot taking..http://travel.taichung.gov.tw/en-us/Attractions/Intro/882/Taichung-Park 

this park is quite near to Yizhong night market so we went for some early dinner before taking the HSR to the airport

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Have to pay for the transfer from HSR to Taoyuan airport

The food at Yizhong was not enough. We went to 7-11 and bought prepacked food.  They heat it up for and give me a nice little bag.There is a counter with usb port so I can charge my hp while I enjoy my meal.. 

The airport is quite pretty on the inside too. Check in early and have a nice stroll.

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taiwan free and easy : Taichung Yizhong street 一中商圈

I read some online forums that Yizhong is slightly smaller, more interesting  than Fengjia night market and also less crowded and touristy

Yizhong, night markets opens quite early, around 4pm. The shops opens much earlier and  closes around 11pm to midnight.

Yizhong is definitely not as crowded as Fengjia. More space to walk around and the queue for food is slightly shorter. There is quite a lot of shops here, selling accessories and clothes. I bought a lot of stationeries.

Food wise, I think Fengjia has slightly more variety.

I don't have directions to here as I stroll here from my hotel. It is like 15-20mins walk but the directions were quite straightforward.

I went twice, once at night and once at the night afternoon.

Fengjia is definitely the one to visit. If you are staying more than a night, this is a good place to eat street food and shop.

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taiwan free and easy : Taichung Fengchia market

Some bear exhibit at Fengchia night market

Below are the various food we tried out at the night market.

What to eat is quite controversial because my family and I like different things. My personal favourite is the scallop and the big takoyaki.

Go there on empty stomach and be prepared to queue but usually is 5 to 10 mins.

There is actually two food streets and also a lot of shops to shop around. However, clothes are more suitable for the young people as it is near feng chia night market. 

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